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		<title>The World is Watching</title>
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The Ghana game hurt.  Ouch.  We watched the match at a friend’s home in Nairobi.  When it was all over, I looked at Shelvis and said, “I have a headache,” to which Shelvis responded, “My stomach hurts.”  Perhaps we were watching with too much intensity, but we knew that Ghana was the “last hope” for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healing, Hope and Gratitude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last three months have been a bit challenging for my family. In March, I returned to the US for -what I thought would be- a week of speaking engagements; however, things turned out quite differently. While in the States, my mother’s doctors discovered a cancerous mass in her body. In March 2006, she was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2010/06/30/healing-hope-and-gratitude/</link>
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		<title>One Way to Help &#8211; Be the Match!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the course of the last two months, many of you have asked, &#8220;How can I help?&#8221; One answer to that question is: donate blood stem cells and encourage others to do the same.  My mother needs a life-saving blood stem cell donor and you might just be the perfect match. If you are between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2010/05/20/one-way-to-help-be-the-match/</link>
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		<title>April Firsts: Elections and Easter</title>
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Election: In April 2010, Sudan held its first democratic election in 24 years. The elections were an important step in the 2005 Comprehension Peace Agreement (CPA), which ended the war between the North and South, a war lasting over 20 years.
Efforts towards “civic education” were carried out in certain regions to prepare citizens, many whom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2010/05/19/april-firsts-elections-and-easter/</link>
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		<title>Mzungu Hair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am not sure which was worse, the hair cut my sister Kristen gave me in High School, or the one I just received in Nairobi. 
When Kristen cut my hair, I knew I was in trouble when she started repeating, “I am so sorry.  I am so sorry,” as she unintentionally cut the back of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2010/04/01/mzungu-hair/</link>
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		<title>Sudan and Kenya</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are celebrating Shelvis’ birthday today as well as celebrating the things we are learning and experiencing in East Africa by God’s grace.  I just returned from Sudan this week after spending two weeks in Yei and two in Boma.  The story below is about my arrival in Sudan, and there is story about the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2010/03/05/sudan-and-kenya/</link>
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		<title>First Impressions in Sudan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I looked out the window just in time to see the yellow-vested man give two thumbs up to the pilot, the plane’s rubber stops at his feet.  “I am really going to Sudan,” I thought to myself. 
We soared past small collections of round and rectangular rooves.  Green trees dotted fields of long tan grass.  Shortly [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2010/03/02/what-is-this-first-impressions-in-sudan/</link>
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		<title>Bones in Their Noses</title>
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Nairobi Skyline


Tumefika!  We have arrived!  We spent the past few days settling into our apartment in the bustling metropolis of Nairobi, Kenya.  We are enjoying reconnecting with friends and with our Nairobi church family.  In order to give you an idea of where we are living, I am including a video on cities in Africa with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2010/01/27/bones-in-their-noses/</link>
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		<title>Living in America</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reunited and it feels so good….How great to reconnect with friends and family!  When we first arrived home this summer, every conversation involved catching up on an entire  year of activities.  We were grateful for each opportunity to learn of mountain tops and valleys, of new births and burials, of jobs lost and graduations celebrated…of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2009/12/23/living-in-america/</link>
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		<title>Shelvis on CNN Faces of Faith</title>
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		<link>http://nancyandshelvis.com/2009/11/02/shelvis-on-cnn-faces-of-hope/</link>
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